1. General
notes. Introduction.
Generally 3D visualization is an easy procedure, but it requires some
understanding of what 3D surface is all about. As a reward of spending
time on basic concepts below, you will gain a very powerful tool.

The idea
of 3D visualization is very simple. We just apply to your personal experience
in the real world. Experience on how the real things (or objects) look
like. As we live in 3D rather than 2D photography world, we used to see
some details of the objects that are lost in 2D pictures. For example
when you want to see some scratch on CD surface you will automatically
try to look from different directions until you find the correct angle
of view. This procedure seems to be natural and simple, but in fact what
happens is that you are using your powerful brain ﭰuter䯠find optimum
lightning and viewing perspective at which you see the scratch. Or, more
technically, you are looking for illumination condition such that cave
of scratch results in nicely contrasting reflection into direction of
your eye.

Now think
of scratch as a tiny feature of the surface. And think of 3D software
as a tool that allows you to imitate real live, i.e. imitate the way you
would go looking for the scratch if you had it on real object. You are
close to understand why 3D software is useful for image enhancement. Simply
because it is used in conjunction with your brain to see on images what
is hard to see otherwise.

Until very
recently the 3D was exclusively used by professionals (movie makers, web
designers, etc.). We tried to make the scientific graphics to be easy
for money trader or stock market adviser, who can not afford spending
much time playing around with PC, but rather needs a tool to make money
in his practical situation. So, we have made the software that will help
money maker to get immediately productive. The example below is aimed
to streamline your 3DStock experience with our advanced software package.

With our
new software, we try to make it possible to bring together many information
sources of the financial market into the same 3D visualization screen
that helps you to analyze the multiple symbols for fast and most accurate
decision making. We also provide you with detailed user defined stock
data drill-down that brings you back to convenient charts you accustom
with. So, at the end, you will be able to join our 3D analytics with simple
plot evaluation into a single integrated screen, benefiting from both
scientific and common graphical approaches. See below some unique software
features you can use in your stock trades.

3.
Loading Files, General Operation.
Run the program. Use "Data" button to load the sample data into
the program.
The sample data is enclosed to installation package. After load you will
see the image like Fig.1a,b
The data is presented as relative performance normalized on starting point
of the historical S&P 500 data.

The general
concepts of the visualization are as follows from Fig.1a,b below. You
can click this image to enlarge.
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Fig.1a 3D representation of Financial S&P 500 historical data. Main
concepts.

Each company is represented as "tape" drawn in direction of
Date/time. There
are 2 surfaces available in demo: one is the full data loaded and second
is the default selection of 10 best performing symbols. The selection
can be made with left side list of all symbols loaded. The height of the
tape is proportional to normalized performance of the symbol. For easy
perception the performance of symbols is colored with palette. By default
the symbols are sorted by symbol performance. Advantage of 3D visualization
is that you can immediately evaluate performance of multiple symbols in
one screen. In example above it is 50 companies in main surface and 10
companies in selection surface. According to the palette best performing
tickers are colored as red, while medium as yellow (cyan), worst as dark
blue. After general evaluation you can drill down the data by moving mouse
or 3D pins within any point of interest, i.e. any date/time for any company.

Fig.1b Financial
historical S&P 500 market data in 3D Visualization mode. The symbol
selection tool is located on the left side.

This tool
lets you to select / un-select some stocks of interest from the full list
of tickers loaded. Selection is represented as second multiple-symbol
surface.

You can select
symbols of interest by clicking corresponding tickers on selector tool
as shown in Fig1.
When your selection is ready press "select" button. On left
side of the 3D plot you can see all the data loaded, on right side of
the 3D plot you can see selected symbol data plotted as separate surface.

Next step is to drilldown the data. You can initiate 2D plot by clicking
left tool bar button as shown in Fig.2

Fig.2 To initiate
2D plot click View2D button on toolbar.

The data on the 2D plot depends on mode of operation you are currently
using.

Fig.3 Charting Stock selection. Assuming that you have selected 3 symbols
with Stock selection tool you will have the 2D plot of selected symbols.

Note that selected items are shown as red, un-selected as white symbols.
Within Selection tool as shown in Fig.1.

Fig.4 If you use pins to select symbols you will see double pin plot as
magenta and cyan plots.

When pins are selected you can read out the data from pins.
When mouse read out is active you can see the current position of the
mouse in terms of Ticker, and performance in %.

Fig.5 Read
out is possible either with pins or with mouse moved over point of interest.
The mouse reports symbol and relative normalized performance in any point
of the interest.